Liverpool Cathedral

Liverpool Cathedral is built in the 20th century Anglican cathedral of Liverpool. She is one of the last large churches that were built in the Neo-Gothic style. The church, whose official name is Cathedral Church of Christ in Liverpool, Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary is dedicated.

The Church of England created already in 1880 a separate diocese for the rapidly growing port city. However, it lacked the first adequate representative church. As a result of a competition, in which, inter alia, Charles Rennie Mackintosh took part, in 1903 the project of the then only 23 -year-old ( and, moreover, Catholic ) student Giles Gilbert Scott was awarded. Hailing from a family renowned architect Scott, later known by its Battersea Power Station and by the design of red British telephone boxes remained all his life connected with the church in Liverpool. Over time, he reduced the Gothic character of the building, sought a more contemporary form of monumentality and even took elements from the draft Mackintosh into its planning.

The foundation stone for the cathedral situated on St. James ' Mount in the city center took place in 1904, the progress was relatively slow at first. In 1924 the house of God be ordained, but the faithful stood only a part of the transept available and regular church services were first held in 1940. The 100 meter high landmark -like crossing tower was completed in 1942, the nave was usable only after the Second World War in stages, the completion of works carried out in 1978.